- Estelle Brosset, “The Prior Authorisation Procedure Adopted for the Deliberate Release into the Environment of Genetically Modified Organisms: the Complexities of Balancing Community and National Competences”. European Law Journal, vol. 10 n° 5 (2004) 580-594.

- Alois Leidwein, “Protection of Traditional Knowledge Associated with Biological and Genetic Resources. General Legal Issues and Measures Already Taken by the European Union and its Member States in the Field of Agriculture and Food Production”. Journal of World Intellectual Property, vol. 9 n° 3 (2006) 251-275.

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few citizens outside of the livestock industry have heard about this veterinary
drug, ractopamine is set to become not only the source of public concern but
also the trigger of another endless transatlantic trade dispute. After years of
scientific and political deadlock, the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC)
narrowly voted, on July 5, 2012 to adopt the first-ever maximum residue levels
for ractopamine hydrochloride, a controversial veterinary drug used in animal
feed that boosts growth and promotes leanness in pigs and cattle. The high
polarization on the political acceptability of the substance as well as the
politicization of its underlying science that have accompanied the discussions
within Codex are likely to weaken the legitimacy and overall effectiveness of
the adopted standard on the multilateral global food safety governance. In
particular, this decision, by making it easier for the U.S. and others to challenge
countries like China, the European Union and Taiwan for having zero tolerance
policies for ractopamine residues in meat products, is likely to lead the World
Trade Organization to judge against those countries that ban the use of
ractopamine. Yet this likely outcome begs the question of whether the weight of
an international standard adopted with a one vote difference could
realistically be considered tantamount to one adopted under consensus. Under
these circumstances, ractopamine is set to become the source of another endless
transatlantic trade dispute and a test case for the embryonic and fragmented
global food governance system...Complementos alimenticios:

Projective
techniques have been increasingly used in marketing and consumer research.
Despite their potentialities, few studies have been published comparing results
from different techniques in a specific food product. In this context, the aims
of this study were to uncover consumer perception and motivations to buy a
ready-to-eat-salad using three different projective techniques (word
association, completion and Haire’s shopping list), and to compare the results
obtained by the three methodologies. The three tasks were completed through
online questionnaires by groups of respondents within a sample of 320
consumers. Results from the three methodologies applied in this study revealed
that convenience was the main motivation for purchasing ready-to-eat-salads, as
expected. However, even though the three methodologies were useful, each of
them brought to light consumer perception to a different extent. Word
association enabled the elicitation of the largest number of categories, but
only positive characteristics of the product were salient. Thus, inferences
made from this methodology would differ to a great extent to those made from
completion tasks’ results, where many limitations of the product were also
relevant. Meanwhile, results from Haire’s shopping list were not as rich as
those from the other methodologies, suggesting that it would be more
appropriate for products which have a greater impact on consumers’ values and
beliefs. Completion tasks combined with pictures provided interesting results
since they guided participants to focus on specific aspects of the products but
were unstructured enough to allow the projection of consumers’ thoughts and
feelings about the product.

- Liana Giorgi y Annuradha Tandon, “Putting Risk Management to the Test or Why it is Ineffectual to Separate Risk Assessment from Risk Management: The Story of Maximum Levels for Aflatoxins”. European Journal of Risk Regulation, nº 2 (2010) 123-135.

- Elizabeth FISHER, “Precaution, precaution everywhere: developing a common understanding of the precautionary principle in the European Community”. Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law, Vol. 9 n° 1 (2002) 7-28.

- Christian PITSCHAS y Hans-Joachim PRIESS, “Protection of public health and the role of the precautionary principle under WTO law: a Trojan horse before Geneva's walls?”. Fordham International Law Journal, Vol. 24 n° 1-2 (2000) 519-553.

- Arie TROUWBORST, "The Precautionary Principle in General International Law: Combating the Babylonian Confusion". Review of European Community & International Environmental Law, Vol. 16 n° 2 (2007) 185–195.

- Ellen VOS, “Antibiotics, the precautionary principle and the Court of First Instance: cases T-13/99 Pfizer Animal Health SA v Council of the European Union and T-70/99 Alpharma Inc. v Council of the European Union”. Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law, Vol. 11 n° 3 (2004) 187-200.